The Only Hope for Me Is You

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"The Only Hope for Me Is You"
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Single by My Chemical Romance
from the album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
ReleasedOctober 12, 2010
Recorded2010
Genre
Length4:32
Label Reprise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Rob Cavallo
My Chemical Romance singles chronology
"Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)"
(2010)
"The Only Hope for Me Is You"
(2010)
"Sing"
(2010)

"The Only Hope for Me Is You" is a single from My Chemical Romance's fourth studio album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys as well as the sixth track on the album.

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Music

Chris Ryan of MTV calls the song "a soaring, mid-tempo track, covered in digital dust, with stabbing keyboards and a heart-wrenching chorus". [1]

Release

The single was first released on October 12, 2010. [2] The song is featured on the soundtrack for the movie Transformers: Dark of the Moon . The single was delayed later by a week until August 26 for Ireland and August 29 for the UK. The download single featured a remix of the track "The Kids from Yesterday" by Daniel P. Carter and their cover of "Common People" by Pulp recorded for Live Lounge on BBC Radio 1.

Track listing

Version 1 [2]
No.TitleLength
1."The Only Hope for Me Is You"4:32
Version 2 [3]
No.TitleLength
1."The Only Hope for Me Is You"4:32
2."The Kids from Yesterday" (Dan P. Carter mix)4:56
3."Common People" (originally by Pulp, recorded live at BBC Radio 1 studios)5:35

Charts

The song debuted at number 84 on the Canadian Hot 100 on October 30, 2010.

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Canadian Hot 100 84 [4]

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References

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